QUESTIONS ASKED BY STUDENTS OF LITTLE LILLYS

 TO ASTRONAUT TAMARA JERNIGAN KC5MGH

S A R E X TELE-BRIDGE CONTACT conducted by Frank Bauer KA3HDO at Marshal Space Centre Questions asked by Students[INDIA] to the Astronaut Tamara Jernigan, KC5MGF on 6/3/1995 at 13:45 hrs IST. Co-ordinated by Lou MacFadin of Johnson Space Centre. Telebridge provided by M/s DAROME Telecommunications.

Q1. What are the bright objects that you are going to study apart from the Sun and the Moon? > M.P. Lakshmi,10th std., [LLES] Ans: Apart from our Sun there are various other stars that are bright and can actually be seen during the day time.

Q2. Why is there a radio black-out during re-enry of a Space Shuttle? > R. Rekha, 9th std., [LLES] Ans: That's because of the atmosphere.

Q3. Did the Universe expand faster than the speed of light during the inflationary period? > N.G. Nandhita, 10th std., [LLES] Ans: I don't think that the Universe expanded faster than the speed of light during the inflationary period, however, assuming that something that has happened in the past, then according to Einstein's theory of relativity, nothing could possibly travel faster than the speed of light.

Q4. How far are the youngest hot stars from us? > V. Ramya, 10th std., [LLES] Ans: The youngest hot stars are many light years away and the nearest stars infact are about 4 to 5 light years away.

Q5. Is there any chance of life in Active Galaxies? > Girish Doss, 10th Std., [LLES] Ans. I think that life in Active Galaxies is a bit difficult because they are powered by Black-Holes, which emits radiation unsuitable for vital environment.

Q6. What ignited the Big-Bang ? > R. Rekha, 9th Std., [LLES] Ans. Well, except for what we have to say that where we are, we are and where we were, we were, in the early Universe, which was set up, there was so much energy in such a small place that things got driven extremely quickly away from each other igniting the Big-Bang. Q7. What is the structure of the Galactic Supernova remnant that you are going to study? > Nanjunda Prasad, 6th Std, SCOUT [LLES] Ans. When we look at the Supernova remnant, we look at the material that would emit a lot of radiations in the Ultra-Violet spectrum.

Q8. How does Hydrogen get re-cycled in the Cosmos? > Yuvaraj, 10th std., [SVES] Ans. Hydrogen is present in the centre of all stars. Atoms of Hydrogen fuses to form Helium and in the same way atoms of Helium fuses to form Oxygen and in this way atoms of Helium, Oxygen, Carbon and all the way up to Iron are produced at the centre of stars.

Q9. What is the likely structure of the smallest particle in the Singularity of a Black-Hole? > Aparna Doss, 8th std., [LLES] Ans. I don't think that Scientists really know, because the Singularity is a difficult thing to talk about specifically, except that, from the atoms all its protons, electrons are stripped and held by great pressure.

Q10. Are there any blue shifted objects observed in the Cosmos so far? > Ashwin S. 9th std., [LLES] Ans. Oh!, we certainly have seen many blue shifted objects emerging into our Universe.

Q11. Is there any evidence of energy that travels faster than light? > Varsha, 8th std., [LLES] Ans: No, there is no evidence of energies that travels faster than light.

 [LLES] : Little Lillys English School, Bangalore, INDIA. Handled by : R.Ramesh VU2RMS 

[SVES] : Sri. Vani English High School, Bangalore, INDIA. 

R. Ramesh / VU2RMS SAREX Co-ordinator & Principal, Little Lillys English School, Mahalakshmi layout, B'lore..

Relay Centre San Diego: US Ham Operator, Kerry NC5IZW using 2m FM.

 Total time taken for the above SAREX contact:  Full ten minutes.